Little Daughter's school sent home a notice, warning parents about a 'strange white male who tried to entice one of the students into his car while they were walking to school.' They advised parents and students to be extra careful. I'm not too worried because the Hot...
Read MoreI'm in Kansas City, Missouri. Gotta say, I never thought I’d ever start a blog with THAT sentence. I'm sitting here in the Sheraton hotel Convention center, waiting for my chicken quesadilla lunch, hoping it hurries up and gets here because the next session starts...
Read MoreI'm excited about the cover for the next book in the TELESA Series. Designed by Talia Brown of Talia Design with photography by Penina Momoisea and our stunning model, Stacie Ah Chong-Levi. This book will be released in a few months. I appreciate everyone's encouragement...
Read MoreThis morning, Bella wants to know, "What's that thing called so you can stand up and pee?" She mimes standing there with an imaginary something in her hands, spraying imaginary pee everywhere in a really cool way. Explaining, "See, make it go that way. Make...
Read MoreSometimes it sucks being a parent. When they're babies, you cant wait for them to get big enough to make their own food, see to their own hygiene and possibly massage your feet and tell you what a wonderful mother you are. Then they grow...
Read MoreI hated it when people assumed that because I was a full-time, stay-at-home mother - therefore I had oodles of time on my idle hands and I spent my days rolling around naked in chocolate sauce, waiting for the Hot Man to come home for lunch...
Read MoreI love getting email. Especially when its not spam. Not my electricity bill. Not an overdue library books notice. But nice email from really nice people who have read TELESA and actually liked it enough to write and tell me so. Emails that light up...
Read MoreToday we celebrated Little Daughter's birthday. Eleven years ago, she joined us and almost didn't stay. The growing of Little Daughter was fraught with worry, vomit, crying, panic and blood - most of those pregnant months were spent trying to claw myself out of an...
Read MoreIf you're a man - then you're not allowed to read this blog. None of my kids are allowed to read it either. If you choose to disobey this directive, then I cannot be held responsible for the feelings of horror and/or disgust that may...
Read MoreYou know what I hate the most about being an author who publishes her own books? Having to be my own publicist and promoter and network navigator. Not only does it require that I leave my cave, it also requires that I talk to strangers...
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